BMW 2-series Active Tourer gets plug-in hybrid in 2015

It’s all change in BMW world on various levels. The 2-series Active Tourer is the first front-wheel drive BMW. The brand’s first MPV, too. And in 2015, it’ll join the ranks of BMW’s burgeoning plug-in hybrid set.

The technology will be shared with the next X1 – and what’s unusual about Munich’s solution is that it powers the rear wheels.